rock band, guitar hero etc.

[Slothy]

Let the flaming of this post commence

Well if you insist.

But the fact of the matter is to get very good at these games takes practice & dedication. I mean I've played these on Expert & certain songs are close to impossible at times. But the idea that people will put in the hours practicing a video game & won't put in the hours practicing an actual instrument. Its bull$h*t the argument holds no water people are just lazy!

The argument certainly does hold water because people are lazy or have no interest in learning a real instrument. And of course there are those who aren't that coordinated, or totally lack rhythm when they don't have a scrolling note chart or have all the creativity of a ballpoint pen. The list of reasons people might not want to learn an instrument could be numerous. On the other hand, you can be a video game player who puts in less time than it takes to beat an average RPG and be playing at least some, if not most, of these songs on Expert. That's a much lower time investment than learning any instrument with the level of proficiency required to play even 1/4 of the songs in the games (well, except maybe the Bass parts ). Not only that, but you can work your way up the difficulties which means you get a sense of instant gratification. Gratification in learning an instrument is generally delayed by a good margin.

I mean come on which sounds more impressive? Hey man I can beat the Dragonforce song Through Fire And Flames on Expert on Guitar Hero or hey man I can play Through Fire And Flames on guitar solo's included. No contest.

Of course one is more impressive than the other, but do I have any desire to learn how to play Through the Fire and Flames on a real guitar? Hell no, and I already play Drums and Piano which would technically reduce my learning curve dramatically. For me, I have very little fun trying to learn guitar. I'd love to know how to play, but I don't enjoy learning it like other instruments, hence I may never bother. I'll be happy to put in the relatively miniscule amount of time required to play Guitar Hero with any proficiency though because learning the game is actually fun.

I love gaming! I love gaming a whole lot but if anyone who sits & plays Guitar Hero for hours on end tells me they play these games because they think actual instruments take too much practice & dedication, I'm gonna stick the plastic guitar where you won't find any fire & flames!

Again, if you're somehow implying that the amount of practice and dedication required to learn an instrument isn't far, far more than that required to play Guitar Hero reasonably well then I'm going to have to laugh at you. I mean you're welcome to think that, but it doesn't mean you're any less wrong.